Today's Sports

Head coach Bernard Smalley presented awards to his Washington County girls’ basketball team on April 25.

Taking home varsity awards were senior Morgan Burton, who won for most assists, free-throw percentage and the three-point award. Sophomore Shay Yocum won the 110-percent award and the award for most steals. Freshman Kenya Turner won most rebounds, while junior Ange Umulisa was named most improved.

Holly Smith knows that her St. Catharine College softball team has a tough challenge ahead as they enter the Mid-South Conference tournament Friday. But Smith and her Patriots do have momentum on their side as they begin conference action. St. Catharine brought Big Mo into its dugout with a four-game sweep at West Virginia Tech last week.

The University of Rio Grande visited Edelen-Haydon Field over the weekend looking to claim first place in the Mid-South Conference by winning a four- game series over Luther Bramblett’s St. Catharine College Patriots. But the visitors instead lost two of three games (the fourth was rained out) and will have to settle for a second-place finish behind regular-season champion Campbellsville University.

It’s a rebuilding time for the Commander and Commanderette tennis teams. Last year, the team was anchored by then-sophomore Cyrus Moslemi, who advanced into the top eight in the state tournament. Fast forward to 2010, and Moslemi is now playing for North Oldham, and Washington County has just a handful of experienced players with a lot of youth waiting in the wings.

The St. Catharine College softball team has one conference series remaining when they travel to West Virginia Tech Friday and Saturday for a four game set. And despite the Patriots’ 6-16 conference record, there is still quite a bit riding out the outcome of the weekend.

A “Strike Out Cancer” game sponsored by the St. Catharine College Men’s Baseball Team, SCC Relay for Life team and Stewardship Week Committee will be played Friday, April 23.

A hot dog bar (lots of great toppings will be available), music and concessions start at 11:30am at Edelen-Haydon Field. Cancer survivor and remembrance will begin at 12:15 p.m. with a men’s baseball game at 1:00 p.m.

There was a familiar face playing baseball in Washington County last week, and although it has been almost a year since he wore a Commander uniform, 2009 WCHS grad Joe Joe Simms was back in town for a day on April 13 as the Mid-Continent Cougars visited Springfield to play a doubleheader against the St. Catharine Patriots.

Simms signed with Mid-Continent in August 2009, and has since been trying to adjust to college life.